Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular growth ...

When screening patients for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (CT), raising the nodule size threshold from 5 mm to 7 or 8 mm before starting a more intensive workup could result in fewer ...

Benign lung nodules can have a few different causes. These include current and past infections in the lungs and inflammation in the body from a condition like rheumatoid arthritis. A lung nodule is a ...

Purpose: This study was undertaken to compare the diagnostic accuracy and complication rate of computed tomography (CT)–guided percutaneous lung biopsies of lung nodules ≤ 1.5 cm versus > 1.5 cm in ...

A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought to be at low risk ...

A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is an isolated lung growth surrounded by normal tissue. Most SPNs are benign (not cancerous) when they're diagnosed. However, some nodules that enlarge and change ...

A key outcome from lung cancer screening studies is the concept of ‘stage-shift’ seen in screen-detected cancers compared ...